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^ ÏJ o rtla n b (ßbserucr A p r il 12. 2 0 0 6 Page AS Second Lents Resource Fair Coming Southeast community ,/jAi to celebrate Eric Lee Presley A fter the success o f the last y ear’s Lents Resource Fair, the Portland Development Commission will host the event for a second year on Saturday, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at L ent Elem entary School, Natasha Lei Nichols Motel Arson Fire Investigated The Portland Police and Crim e is a 30-year-old black female. 5 feet Stoppers need help finding Erie 8 inches tall, weighing approxi Lee Presley and his girlfriend, mately 210 pounds, with black hair N atasha Lei N ichols, for ques and brown eyes. She has m ultiple tioning in a suspected arson at the tattoos on her knees, w rists and W esterner M otel, 4333 N. Inter hands. state Ave. The M arch 27 fire dis C rim e Stoppers offers a cash placed more than a dozen resi reward o f up to $ 1,000 for inform a dents. tion, reported to C rim e Stoppers, Presley is a 43-year-old black that leads to an arrest in this case, male, 5 feet, 9 inches tall, weighing or any unsolved felony, and you approxim ately 235 pounds, with rem ain anonym ous. Call Crim e black hair and brown eyes. Nichols Stoppers at 503-823-HELP(4357). Test Doesn’t Clear Lacrosse Team Prosecutor does not need DNA (A P )— Standing before a mostly black audience, the district attor ney in charge o f the D uke U niver sity rape investigation in Durham, N.C. said Tuesday he does not need DNA to bring charges and vowed, “This case is not going aw ay.” District A ttorney M ike Nifong spoke one day after defense attor neys said DNA testing failed to connect any o f D uke’s lacrosse players to the alleged attack on a black stripper w ho said she was raped at a party by m em bers o f the nearly all-w hite47-m an team. Nifong stopped short o f con firm ing the defense assessm ent o f the DNA results, but said the case w ould not be ham pered by a lack o f DNA evidence. “ It do esn ’t m ean nothing hap pened,” N ifong said at a public forum at North C arolina Central U niversity, where the 27-year-old alleged victim is a student. “ It just m eans nothing was left behind." 5105 S.E. 97* Ave. The neighborhood fair brings together representatives from PDC, city bureaus, elected officials and area non-profit organizations to celebrate the com m unity and pro vide information on resources avail able to people who live, work and do business in Lents. There will be inform ation regarding hom e ow n ership opportunities, park improve m ents, street repair and the 1-205 M AX light rail line that is planned to c o n n e c t L en ts to G atew ay , Clackamas Town Center and Down tow n Portland. There will be activities for kids including free bike helmets donated by the Lents K nights o f Pythias Lodge. A rea non-profits will also par ticipate including Z enger Farms, Rose C om m unity D evelopm ent N o charges have been filed. N ifong said prosecutors were | aw aiting a second set o f D NA re sults, but did not say how those differed from the tests reported M onday. N ifong added that in 75 percent to 80 percent o f sexual assaults, there is no DN A evidence to analyze. The district attorney said a rape The Urban League o f Portland is case can built on testim ony from team ing up w ith Sen. M argaret the alleged victim and other w it C arter o f north and northeast Port nesses. Nifong also said the h o s-| land, the M edicare Rx A ccess N et pital exam o f the w oman has led , work o f Oregon, the Social Security him to believe a crim e occurred at A dm inistration and Senior Health the M arch 13 party. Insurance Benefits A ssistance to A ccording to court docum ents, host tw o M edicare Part D events a doctor and a specially trained that will provide inform ation and nurse found the alleged victim had assistance with the new prescrip “signs, sym p to m s and injuries tion benefit for seniors and dis consistent with being raped and abled people. sexually assaulted.” The events at the Urban League “ My presence here m eans this Senior C enter, 5325 N.E. Martin case is not going aw ay," N ifong 1 Luther King Jr. Blvd., are free and said to applause from an audience open to th e p u b lic . o f about 700. On Thursday, April 13, from 12:30 4 small parkway brings a welcome mat to the Lents neighborhood o f southeast Portland. Corporation, Mt. Scott Com m unity Center, Johnson Creek W atershed Council and many more. K ids w ill have an o p p o rtu n ity to learn about the P o rtlan d Fire B ureau through a v ariety o f a c tiv itie s, learn ab o u t w atersh ed h ealth th ro u g h the B ureau o f En- v iro n m e n tal S erv ices e d u c ato r program and locate th eir hom es u sin g an in te ractiv e co m p u ter program . There are many positive events happening in the Lents N eighbor hood. The Resource Fair is an op portunity to bring people together to celebrate successes, learn about ongoing efforts and program s, pro-- vide ideas and com m ents to PDC staff, city elected officials, and other city staff and discover the m any non-profit groups offering their services in Lents. Medicare Drug Plan Help Urban League hosts two events Black Studies Scholar Visits Black Studies author and scholar W illiam Cross Jr. will lecture at Portland State Uni versity on Tuesday, April 18 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. He will also give a book reading from his text “Shades o f Black” on Wednesday, April 19, at 7 p.m., at R eflectio n s C offee and B o o k s, 446 N .E . Killingsworth. “Shades of Black" is con sidered required reading for students and scholars inter- William Cross Jr. ested in the study in African American identity. Cross has held positions in Psychology and Africana Stud ies at Cornell University, Penn State University and the Uni versity o f M assachusetts at Amherst. Currently he is a pro fessor at the Graduate Center for the City University of New York. The PSU lecture will take place in Room 355 of the PSU Smith Memorial Student Union. p.m. to 1:30 p.nt., an inform ational overview will provide details about the new prescription benefit pro gram. Sen. C arter will attend the event to encourage seniors to ex plore their options within this new program. On Friday, April 21, from 9a.m . to noon, Medicare-eligible people will receive one-on-one counseling and enrollment assistance from SHIBA representatives. Those with M edi care who are interested in receiving counseling or enrolling should bring their Medicare card, any additional insurance information, and a list o f their prescriptions and dosages. “T his is too im portant to let slip by any o f us and it’s tim e for A fri can A m ericans with M edicare to make a decision about their pre scrip tio n co v e rag e, n o w ” says D ’N orgia Price, adult and senior services program director for the Urban League o f Portland. "W ith ju st a few w eeks until the enroll ment deadline for M edicare Part D, the decision about enrolling in a M edicare prescription plan has b e c o m e u rg e n t fo r s e n io r s .” Statistics released March 18 by the C enters for M edicare and M edic aid Services show that 6 1 percent o f M edicare beneficiaries in Oregon -3 3 5 ,4 3 4 individuals - have some kind o f prescription coverage, ei ther through stand-alone prescrip tion plans, M edicare managed care plans that include prescription cov erage, or som e other type o f pre scription coverage. People with M edicare also can 1 Sen. Margaret Carter get assistance and enroll in a M edi c a re d ru g p la n by v is itin g www.medicare.gov or by calling 1- 800-MEDICARE( I -800-633^227) or O regon’s Senior Health Insur ance Benefits Assistance H elp Line at 1-81X1-722-4134. ‘10 M inutes’ with the Mayor M ay o r T om P o tter w ill be m eeting w ith resid en ts o f the King N eighborhood and the su r rou n d in g co m m u n ities on S at urday, A pril 15 from 9 a.m . to 11:3 0 a.m . at R eflections C o ffee and T alk in g D rum B o o k sto re, 4 4 6 N.E. K illingsw orth. C o m m u n ity m em bers are en co u rag ed to sign up o n -site fo r a ch an ce to speak for 10 m inutes w ith P o tter ab o u t issu es im p o r tant to them . T he m a y o r’s goal is to co n n ect w ith resid en ts from d ifferen t p arts o f the city about local com m unity issues and ideas. 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